A local church in Mai Mahiu, Naivasha Sub County, has pledged to offer free counselling services to drug addicts in its campaign to fight the vice in the region.
Bishop Kennedy Maina of Christ Nineve Church said the church was in a mission to reach out to drug addicts to help them change their ways.
"The church is in a mission to reach out to the addicts to help them regain their normal life," Maina said.
Speaking on Thursday during an event that brought together about 100 addicts and rehabilitated addicts, the cleric said drugs and substance abuse in the area had led to a major breakdown of families and societal values.
Maina said the country at large had a lot of youth potential but unfortunately they were hooked to drugs which had rendered them unproductive.
He said that it was a matter that requires urgent intervention to rid the society of the menace.
"Anything to do with drugs need an urgent intervention to cleanse the society from the menace," said Maina.
He noted with concern that alcohol and bhang were the most commonly abused drugs the resident had taken to and they were easily available in the country. The cleric added that the society needed to show love and acceptance to drug addicts to help them on the road to recovery.
He said there was hope for addicts only if the church and the community embrace them through recovery.
The chairperson of Kikuyu Anti Drugs Association Mr Charles Kibe cautioned parents to be wary of 'weed cookies' whose main content is bhang which is sold disguised as snacks.